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## R-Script Master - If it ain't broke      ##
## by: Christian Schimpf et al.             ##
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# This READ ME.txt file provides the necessary information to replicate the
# analyses for the paper "If it ain't broke, don't fix it: How the public's 
economic confidence in the fossil  fuel industry reduces support for a clean 
energy transition" which was published in Environmental Politics.

# The replication materials include a dataset 
# ("Data_Schimpfetal_Replication_25082021.csv"), three
# R-Scripts, and three .txt files. The analysis requires R
# (the original analysis was carried out in R-Studio).

# All recodes, analyses, etc. can be run from the Master R-Script
# (provided all paths specified in the files are adjusted accordingly). The
# following provides an overview of the R-Scripts and their role in the 
# replication process:

# 1. R_Script_Master_Schimpfetal2021.R (Should be used to call and run the 
#    the other R-Scripts.)

# 2. R_Script_Recoding_Schimpfetal2021.R (Is used to generate a 
#    dataset based on the original dataset which is not part of the replication
#    material)

# 3. R_Script_Analyses_Schimpfetal2021.R (Used to generate all 
#    descriptive statistics, Figures, main regression analyses, and
#    robustness checks reported in the online appendix).


# The following provides an overview of the .txt files and their role in the 
# replication process:

# 1. READ ME.txt (Provides general information and instructions)

# 2. R_Sessions_Info_Schimpfetal2021.txt (Provides detailed information 
#    about the R Session, including package versions)

# 3. R_Sessions_ConsoleOutput_Schimpfetal2021.txt (Provides full R Studio
#    Console output from last run prior to depositing replication materials,
#    including tables with estimates. Note that estimates from Bayes models
#    can differ when replicating code due to MCMC. For primary estimates
#    reported in the paper and appendix, differences usually occur on second
#    decimal of reported estimates.).

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